REAL MADRID vs GALATASARAY 
Wednesday 6thNovember 2000hrs
Football – Europe – Champions League
Pick Real Madrid win/Over 2.5 goals
Bookmaker Boylesports
Odds: 1.55 (odds taken 05:51 GMT, 05 November )
Matchday 4 of the Champions League also continues on Wednesday night and our next preview features the clash between Real Madrid and Galatasaray in Group A as the betting tips continue at the Bernabéu.
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Real Madrid vs Galatasaray Live Stats & Betting Odds
Real Madrid Prediction – Can Real Madrid march on?
2nd placed Real Madrid will be keen to assert their authority over Galatasaray in this return match on Matchday 4 in Group A as the Spanish hosts look to take a significant step towards a top two finish and progression through to the knockout stage of the Champions League.
The hosts currently trail French champions and runaway Group A leaders, PSG, by a margin of 5 points so it looks likely that they’ll be going through to the next phase, leaving any one of the three remaining teams – Real Madrid, Club Brugge or Galatasaray.
Real Madrid are the favourites to progress and although they suffered a 3-0 defeat away at PSG in their opening group match, Zinedine Zidane’s side have since re-grouped by taking a point off Club Brugge in a 2-2 draw and then followed that up with a 1-0 win away at tonight’s opponents, Galatasaray.
Zidane’s side are unbeaten at home so far this season in all competitions and the likes of Modric, Hazard and Benzema (7 goals) should be the difference between these two sides, with goals looking likely here.
Galatasaray Prediction – Can Galatasaray claim first win?
The Turkish visitors are still without a win after their first 3 matches in Group A following a 0-0 draw with Club Brugge in the opening match of the group, but this was outweighed by back-to-back defeats to PSG and Real Madrid, both on home turf at their Türk Telekom Stadyumu.
Indeed, results overall for the Turkish side have been very underwhelming as they’re without a win in this competition from their last 8 ties, and have managed to chalk up just 1 win out of their last 12 matches, which was a 3-0 home win against Lokomotiv Moscow last September.
The story gets worse when switching to results away from home in the Champions League as Galatasaray are without a win from their last 15 matches on their travels in this competition, which includes 12 defeats.
In addition, Real Madrid have won the last 4 meetings on the trot against Galatasaray, with 3 of these 4 wins also resulting in over 2.5 goals as well.
Key-Facts – Real Madrid vs Galatasaray
- Real Madrid are unbeaten at home so far this season in all competitions
- Galatasaray are without a win from their last 15 away ties in the CL
- Real Madrid have won the last 4 meetings on the trot against Galatasaray
Betting Tips Verdict
Real Madrid know they have a great chance to nail down 2nd place behind PSG and there should be a few goals into the bargain too.
